Friday, August 11, 2017

OKCMOA PRESENTSFILMS "SUMMER OFLYNCH" AUG. 10 TO 17

A series celebrating the work of David Lynch will screen Aug. 10-17

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art
(OKCMOA) hosts a film series called "Summer of Lynch" screening Aug. 10
to 17. This series presents a new documentary about David Lynch's
artistic process alongside a curated six-film retrospective of newly
restored and rarely screened films directed by Lynch, including a 35mm
print of "Inland Empire" provided personally by the director himself.

"From his early short films through his recent feature film
and television work, David Lynch has developed a specifically American,
surrealist aesthetic that is both utterly distinctive and incredibly
influential," said Dr. Michael J. Anderson, director of curatorial
affairs. "For 'Summer of Lynch,' we've selected a stylistically diverse
group of films that demonstrate the full scope of the director's
artistic evolution."

"The 2017 revival of the cult television series 'Twin Peaks'
has led to a surge of critical and popular interest in Lynch's work, as
well as a number of exciting restoration projects and long-awaited
theatrical rereleases," Anderson added. "In order to remain true to
Lynch's original aesthetic vision, all the films in our retrospective
will be screening in new high-definition restorations or on 35mm."

Tickets are now on sale and are $5 for OKCMOA members, $9 for adults and $7 for seniors (62+) and college students with IDs.

"Summer of Lynch" will open on Thursday, Aug. 10 with "David
Lynch: The Art Life," an illuminating new documentary that moves between
candid footage of the director at work in his Hollywood Hills studio
and beautifully illustrated stories from his childhood, adolescence and
early film career.

Bridging the gap between Lynch's early work as a painter and
his filmmaking career, "Summer of Lynch" will feature a newly restored,
hour-long program of the director's unsettling, darkly comic
experimental short films. Presented in pristine 4K, Lynch's
first feature, "Eraserhead," is a dark domestic fable that boasts
richly tactile black and white cinematography and the evocative sound
design that has become one of the director's signatures.

The series will include a stunning new 25th anniversary
restoration of the haunting "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with me" and the 30th
anniversary rerelease of Lynch's critical breakthrough, "Blue Velvet."
One of the darkest portraits of Middle America ever to grace the silver
screen, "Blue Velvet" is an off-kilter neo-noir that provides a lurid
glimpse at what lies beyond the white-picket fence. "Fire Walk With Me"
is a must-see for fans of both the original "Twin Peaks" series and the
2017 revival as it chronicles the tragic last days of enigmatic,
murdered high-school student Laura Palmer.

"Summer of Lynch" will also showcase two recent films that
offer thematically consistent but formally distinct explorations of the
contemporary film industry's dark unconscious. Presented in a new 4K
restoration, Lynch's Hollywood-set magnum opus "Mulholland Dr." was
named the best film of the 21st century in a 2016 BBC poll. Lynch's most
recent, and likely final feature film, "Inland Empire," presents a
fearlessly experimental chronicle of an actress's increasingly
nightmarish break with reality. Largely absent from theaters since its
2006 release, "Inland Empire" will be screened on a 35mm print
personally provided by Lynch.